Dr. Mary Joyce Gomez gestures into the room as center, Dr. Marc Rosenthal, DDS, performs oral surgery on Andy Mitchell, a young man with special needs at St. Bernard Hospital's dental clinic, which serves a Medicaid and special needs population, Tuesday, Oct, 16, 2018. Dr. Mary Joyce Gomez, who heads the dental clinic at St. Bernard's serves a patient population that includes many Medicaid patients, both adults and children, and also specializes in special needs patients (including kids) who need general anesthesia to undergo dental procedures. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

Dr. Mary Joyce Gomez gestures into the room as center, Dr. Marc Rosenthal, DDS, performs oral surgery on Andy Mitchell, a young man with special needs at St. Bernard Hospital's dental clinic, which serves a Medicaid and special needs population, Tuesday, Oct, 16, 2018. Dr. Mary Joyce Gomez, who heads the dental clinic at St. Bernard's serves a patient population that includes many Medicaid patients, both adults and children, and also specializes in special needs patients (including kids) who need general anesthesia to undergo dental procedures. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)